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Council debates potential conflict of interest
A seemingly typical construction project escalated to a potential scandal for city council members at the work session on Jun 24.
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Summer Solstice Jazz Festival brings color and music downtown
“The very first Summer Solstice Festival was held at midnight at Erickson (Hall) Kiva,” jazz pianist and MSU professor of music theory Ron Newman said. “Everybody would come over on campus and they started at midnight on the 21st for the solstice. We played all through the night.”
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MSU alumni help to create and maintain Festival of the Moon and the Sun
More than 130 different types of beer and wine were poured this weekend at the Festivals of the Moon and Sun on June 20 and 21 in Lansing.
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Scrapfest gives venue to repurposed art
As the owner of Hammer In Hand Custom Cycles in St. Johns, Iler builds motorcycles for a living, but on Friday and Saturday he showcased how he puts the same skills to use in his free time. For the second consecutive year, Iler was Scrapfest’s first place winner. He was also the People’s Choice Award winner for his display “The Fiddler,” which was a metal windmill which harnessed wind energy to move a small fiddle player beneath it.
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CAHS Woofstock helps give 35 animals new homes
The Capital Area Humane Society has celebrated 1,420 adoptions so far this year. Capital Area Humane Society president and CEO Julia Palmer-Willson said the purpose of Woofstock is to promote adoption so that people will come to the shelter and consider adopting an animal.
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Juneteenth gives community way to celebrate end of slavery, embrace freed self
The festival is part of the country-wide commemoration of emancipation known as Juneteenth, which dates back to June 19, 1866, the year after federal troops marched into Texas to enforce the emancipation of all enslaved blacks in the state, who were among the last to be freed.
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MSU student from China found dead in home
MSU Spokesman Jason Cody confirmed the student was accounting sophomore Xin Yue Zhang, despite erroneous identification of the student as Xin Yue Zhan by the Lansing State Journal and in a press released posted on the police department's web page.
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Accident severs utility pole, leaves hundreds without power
While knocking out power to many, the accident also left the vehicle's three occupants injured, including one passenger who was seriously injured. All three were taken to Sparrow Hospital.
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Kiosk at Morrill Hall Plaza damaged
The incident was reported by a university employee and is thought to have occurred between 5:00 p.m. June 13 and 7:00 a.m. June 17.There was one witness but the suspect remains unknown. Damages have been estimated at $2,000 and the incident is still under investigation.
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Five of six suspects in East Lansing High School vandalism arraigned
Kathleen Russell, 17, turned herself in to East Lansing police and was later charged with destruction of school property in 54B District Court. The sixth and final suspect has not yet been arraigned but has made arrangements with the court to turn herself in next week, East Lansing police Capt. Jeff Murphy said.
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H&M opens shop at Meridian Mall
Hundreds of local shoppers fled to Meridian Mall Thursday for H&M's grand opening at noon.
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Petition to remove City Council's ability to hire law firm seeks place on ballot
A citizen petition to the city of East Lansing could change how the city gets its legal advice. The petition, signed by at least 2,269 citizens, would remove City Council’s ability to hire a private law firm for the position of city attorney.
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Volunteers complete Patriarche Park construction
Community members concluded Patriarche Park playground construction on Wednesday, despite dismal weather. Volunteers have been donating their time to help complete the project since Monday, working from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The park is slated to re-open in early August, officials familiar with the project said.
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City council considers applying for pro-redevelopment certification
One change to remove council review from site plans has caused controversy among the council.
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Slow Netflix streaming taking toll on students
Over the past few weeks Netflix and Verizon have been placing the blame on one another for the buffering issues that occasionally arise when watching Netflix videos on Verizon's Internet service.
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Former student sues officer over $50 bill arrest
On July 24, 2011, Yaldo visited Dublin Square Irish Pub & Restaurant and attempted to pay using a $50 bill. The bill was wrongly thought to be counterfeit by the then general manager, who refused to return the bill and called the police.
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Selfies: the portraits defining the digital age, for better or worse
In the digital age, selfies are everywhere, but experts disagree about whether their ubiquity is a positive influence.
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Inaugural Fish Rodeo celebrates waterways
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Gib King, who organized the fishing competition for the event, said although the cleanliness of Michigan’s urban rivers has improved, the public’s perception of them has stagnated for the most part, with most still regarding them as “old waste-dumping grounds” and steering clear of interacting with them.
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Green space next to Abbott and Albert roads may be up for development
With proposed ballot language, East Lansing residents could decide the fate of the small plot.
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Community members seek volunteers for park build
What started as a playground renovation turned into a bigger project. Members of the club planned to tear down the playground and start from scratch because of amounts of arsenic found in the treated lumber.